> > Assuming they own the house outright, that absolutely does qualify as wealthy.

> I didn't say it wouldn't. I said it didn't qualify as ready cash.

I think you did say it didn't qualify as wealthy (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45301176):

> What people normally mean by wealth is easy access to cash. Someone that owns a $15M house and has very little other liquid assets is not poor, but they definitely don't qualify as wealthy.

Anyway, whatever it is, I think litigating Lynch's level of wealth on HN is probably not the most useful direction for this comment thread.